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English
Etymology
From Latin deprehensio. See deprehend.
Noun
deprehension (countable and uncountable, plural deprehensions)
- (obsolete) A catching in the act; discovery (of a misdeed)
1612–1626, , “(please specify the page)”, in , volume (please specify |volume=II, V, or VI), London, →OCLC:The act of adultery was her crime : to be taken in the very act , was no part of her sin , but the proof of her just conviction ; yet her deprehension is made an aggravation of her shame.
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